background and aims: since the epidemiological, clinical and experimental characteristics of meningitis are different for various locations, this study was conducted to investigate the characteristics of meningitis patients admitted to hospitals of yazd in the 2009 to 2013. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional and descriptive study, all 261 patients with meningitis were considered in ...

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Because the hands-on examination can be much less revealing in birds than in other animals, clinical pathology (laboratory testing) plays an important part in the avian physical examination. A comprehensive physical examination should include a complete blood count (CBC), a fecal examination, and a choanal or oropharyngeal smear. Some veterinarians also include cloacal and choanal cultures, blo...